Sarita Chourey's blog

I’m not saying these people are guilty. But they could be. And some people do think so -- specifically law enforcement. Hence the arrests.

But you have to wonder if it’s worth it to actually try to cheat the taxman. Isn’t taxation legendary in its inevitability? The government will collect. And trying to hide isn't sexy. We view tax evaders as weaselly, slippery cheaters -- the opposite of team players -- and not in an alluring outlier way.

If you want to see what could be popping up next door, you might want to bookmark this page.

A coastal regulatory agency publishes public notices to alert people to project proposals and invite the public to give their two cents. But the proposals aren’t the most scintillating things in the world for most people.

He’s full of “energy, ideas and detailed knowledge,” if you ask the head of the South Carolina Republican Party. But ask the state's Democratic party chief, and the GOP’s VP pick Paul Ryan will “end Medicare as we know it.”

When I was a local news reporter in Kalamazoo, Mich., residents were always calling me about the new Walmart. They were usually outraged. But sometimes they were quietly sad. In both cases, they felt helpless.